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Matt Carson hit the go-ahead two-run home run off A.J. Achter in the bottom of the eighth inning to lead the Columbus Clippers to a 6-4 victory over the Rochester Red Wings on Monday at Huntington Park.

The game was the first of an eight-game road trip for the Red Wings. The loss ended Rochester's modest three-game winning streak.

James Beresford drove in all four Rochester runs with a grand slam in the top of the fifth inning that gave the Red Wings a 4-3 lead.

It's only was second career home run at any professional level. The only other home run Beresford hit was in 2010 with Class A Beloit Snappers of the Midwest League.

Left-hander Brooks Raley made his first International League start for the Red Wings and went three innings, giving up one hit and striking out five on 66 pitches.

Raley had made seven relief appearences before starting on Monday, including five of the Rochester's first 10 games, but had only appeared in two of the last 18 games. His last game action came on April 25 at Pawtucket, giving up a run over three innings.

Carson, the No. 8 hitter in the Clippers lineup, hit a two-run double in the fourth inning to start the Columbus scoring.

Red Wing right-hander Ryan Pressly gave up the double and an RBI single to Roberto Perez that gave the Clippers a 3-0 lead.

Pressly would return for the fifth inning and retired the side.

Columbus plated a run in the sixth inning on a Perez groundout to tie the game.

Eduardo Nunez singled to reach base in the top of the ninth, but Eric Farris grounded out to end the rally.

Achter (0-2) look the loss for the Red Wings.

Kris Johnson (2-2, 2.86) will start for the Red Wings on Tuesday in the second game of the four-game series. Columbus' starter is to be determined.